Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo. Photo by Marc Brenner
Shakespeare Theatre Company is delighted to announce National Theatre Live screenings coming to Harman Hall this February. Filmed live from Britain’s most exciting stages, National Theatre Live brings unmissable theatre across the pond, allowing American audiences to experience the excitement of these sold-out award-winning productions on the big screen.
Kicking off the month of screenings is the Donmar Warehouse production of Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo. The lineup also includes The Motive and the Cue, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Mark Gatiss; Present Laughter with Andrew Scott; the award-winning Prima Facie with Jodie Comer; Michael Sheen in Nye; popular repeat screenings of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, just in time for Valentine’s Day; and the recent highly lauded production of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Sharon D Clarke and Ncuti Gatwa.
Full dates and details for all the screenings can be found below. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, January 9, and all tickets are $20 for single-ticket buyers and $15 for subscribers.
For tickets, please visit ShakespeareTheatre.org or call the Box Office at 202.547.1122.
TITLES & DATES
Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Max Webster
Friday, February 7 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 15 at 2pm
Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 22 at 2pm
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an “enthralling” (Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With staging “full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise” (The Guardian), the immersive 5.1 cinema surround sound places the audience inside the minds of the Macbeths, asking are we ever really responsible for our actions?
Distributed by Trafalgar Releasing.
Runtime: 2 hours
The Motive and the Cue
A new play by Jack Thorne
Directed by Sam Mendes
Saturday, February 8 at 2pm
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
Runtime: 3 hours
Present Laughter
By Noël Coward
Directed by Matthew Warchus
Saturday, February 8 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 14 at 8:30pm
The multi-award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colorful life is in danger of spiraling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic, and soul-searching.
Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold-out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire, and loneliness.
Runtime: 3 hours
Prima Facie
By Suzie Miller
Directed by Justin Martin
Sunday, February 9 at 11am
Saturday, February 15 at 7pm
Sunday, February 16 at 11am
Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending, cross examining, and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof, and morals diverge. Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.
Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live from the intimate Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.
Runtime: 2 hours
Nye
By Tim Price
Directed by Rufus Norris
Sunday, February 9 at 2pm
Sunday, February 16 at 2pm
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS. Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre.
Runtime: 3 hours
Fleabag
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Directed by Vicky Jones
Friday, February 14 at 6:30pm
Sunday, February 23 at 11am
“★★★★★…. Witty, filthy, and supreme.” –The Guardian
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered, and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.
Presented by DryWrite, Soho Theatre, and Annapurna Theatre.
Runtime: 1 hour and 20 minutes
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Max Webster
Saturday, February 22 at 7pm
Sunday, February 23 at 2pm
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
Runtime: 3 hours
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